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diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml index 42119baa5..e8da666c7 100644 --- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml +++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml @@ -396,6 +396,14 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";}; <para><literal>Acquire::http::User-Agent</literal> can be used to set a different User-Agent for the http download method as some proxies allow access for clients only if the client uses a known identifier.</para> + + <para><literal>Acquire::http::Proxy-Auto-Detect</literal> can be used to + specify a external command to discover the http proxy to use. Apt expects + the command to output the proxy on stdout in the style + <literal>http://proxy:port/</literal>. See the + &squid-deb-proxy-client; package for a example implementation that + uses avahi.</para> + </listitem> </varlistentry> |